General Electric has been honored in Shanghai for their commitment to corporate social responsibility in China, winning 1st prize for CSR Excellence in China award.

GE China's comprehensive CSR program impressed the AmCham Shanghai CSR Awards Jury for its broad scope and integration into day-to-day operations. By making volunteerism a key element of its corporate culture and insisting on high standards for employee health and safety, the diversified technology, media and financial services company won First Prize for CSR Excellence in China.

GE's volunteer programs, which enable all employees to propose projects, are considered career enhancers in annual performance reviews. Nearly 3,000 GE employees, retirees, and family members in China participated in 74 community projects, contributing over 20,000 volunteer hours, servicing communities in 18 different cities across China in 2006 alone. That same year, the GE Foundation invested US$1.5 million in China through strategic grants, with an emphasis on "School Readiness" and "School Excellence" initiatives. GE Foundation's primary partners in China include UNICEF - Early Childhood Development, China Youth Development Foundation (CYDF) - Project Hope Rural Teacher Training, and Thinktank: Handsbrain Education Jiangsu - Learning by Doing.

In the area of employee health and safety (EHS), GE has upheld high standards and reached out to improve conditions throughout Chinese society. GE's EHS standards are consistent worldwide. The team of more than 70 EHS specialists in China worked closely with line managers to ensure compliance in all of GE's businesses in China, which include infrastructure, healthcare, and industrial manufacturing facilities. The group met periodically to review regulatory developments, conduct training, and share best practices. GE China shared its best practices with Shanghai Health Bureau and other Shanghai-area companies. As of 2006, the GE Foundation had also committed over US$360,000 in grants to the China Center for Disease Control to facilitate the development of occupational health training for Chinese industry. 

Other finalists for the top award included Coca-Cola, Corning, Deloitte, Goodyear, Intel, Mary Kay, and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Galanz and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank both won a top CSR Award for Non-Foreign Invested Enterprise. Ignition marketing earned the CSR Award for Small and Medium Enterprise.